Dance on TV and in the Movies
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Dance on Television:
OFFICIAL ABC show website - Dance Forums blog (a dance community)
Visit the BBC's original: Strictly Come Dancing
Italy's version: Ballando Con Le Stelle
Austria's version: Dancing Stars - D.W.T.S. in Australia & The Netherlands
Also on the BBC: Strictly Dance Fever

2005 season cast
Season 1 highlights
See original promo: 56k DSL
Good Morning America 6/9/05 56k DSL
See the top performances from each week...
Week 2: John O'Hurley's Quickstep
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Week 3: Rachel Hunter's Tango 56k DSL
Week 4: Kelly Monaco's Samba 56k DSL
Week 5: John's Foxtrot 56k DSL
Access Hollywood 6/30/05 56k DSL
The Finals: John's Freestyle56k DSL
Kelly's Freestyle Dance 56k DSL
Jay Leno after finals 56k DSL
Alec shows Kelly & Regis Salsa 56k DSL
Larry King interview transcript 7/13/05
John on Conan O'Brien 8/5/05 56k DSL
Rematch - The Dance Off:
Kelly's Cha Cha 56k DSL
John's Waltz 56k DSL
2006 season cast
Season 2 highlights
 Week 1: Tie for the best performances:
 Drew Lachey's Cha Cha 56k DSL
Giselle Fernandez's Waltz 56k DSL
Tia Carrere on Kimmel 1/10/06 56k DSL
Week 2: Stacy Keibler's Rumba
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Honorable mention - "Most entertaining"
George Hamilton's Quickstep 56k DSL
Week 3: Lisa Rinna's Jive 56k DSL
Tia's Tango 56k DSL
Week 4: Drew's Paso Doble 56k DSL
Week 5: Pro Mambo demo 56k DSL
Week 6: Stacy's Jive 56k DSL
Drew's Tango 56k DSL
Pro Demos 56k DSL
The Professional's Paso Doble 56k DSL
Week 7: Tom Bergeron's Q'step
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Week 8: Stacy's Samba 56k DSL
 Season 2 winners: Drew & Cheryl
Drew on Leno 2/27/06 56k DSL

Season 3 highlights
Week 1: Mario Lopez's Cha Cha 56k DSL
Willa Ford's Foxtrot 56k DSL
Emmitt Smith's Cha Cha 56k DSL
Week 2: Joe Lawrence's Q'step 56k DSL
Week 3: Joe's Jive 56k DSL
Week 4: Mario's Paso Doble 56k DSL
Willa's Waltz 56k DSL
Week 5: Emmitt's Samba 56k DSL
Monique Coleman's Rumba 56k DSL
Week 6: Mario's Mambo 56k DSL
Week 7: Jerry Springer's Foxtrot 56k DSL
Emmitt's Mambo 56k DSL
Monique's Quickstep 56k DSL
Week 8: Joe's Tango 56k DSL
Mario's Waltz 56k DSL
Week 9: Mario's Tango 56k DSL
Joe on Kimmel 11/8/06 56k DSL
Emmitt on Leno 11/10/06 56k DSL
Week 10: Emmitt's Freestyle 56k DSL
Mario's Freestyle 56k DSL
Season 3 winners: Emmit & Cheryl
"Real men dance" 56k DSL

Season 4 highlights
DSL or higher connection necessary...
Week 1: Professional Opening dance
Week 2: Apolo Anton Ohno - Quickstep
Heather Mills - Mambo
Week 3: Ian Ziering - Jive
Week 4: Apolo - Waltz
Week 5: Apolo - Samba
Week 6: The Group Swing Dance
Week 7: Laila Ali - Quickstep
Joey Fatone - Jive
Week 8: Apolo - Paso Doble
Professional's (Maks & Val) - Cha Cha
Week 9: Joey - Jive
Week 10: Laila - Paso Doble
Season 4 winners: Apolo & Julianne








Season 5 and beyond...
 You can find lots of archived videos for most Dancing With The Stars performances on YouToob and complete current shows at the ABC Show's website!

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Dance in the Movies:

Coming this year... This new movie will feature the West Coast Swing!

Top 10 top dance scenes from the movies from Moviefone. Some interesting choices. Is your favorite listed?


Saturday Night Fever
Launched Disco Fever & Travolta's career. (1977)

Thank God It's Friday
A Disco dance contest is the centerpiece (1978)

"Dirty Dancing"
The 1987 hit!
Trailer

Dirty Dancing
"Havana Nights"
The original is better. Trailer

"Let It Be Me"
1995 film Staring Patrick Stewart & Jennifer Beals from "Flashdance"

"Roseland"
1977 film set in one of America's premiere Ballrooms. Features a young Christopher Walken.

"Urban Cowboy"
Country & Western became cool with this 1980 John Travolta film.

Strictly Ballroom
1992 Spoof of Competitive Ballroom Dancing. Set in Australia.

"Swing Kids"
Set in Germany before World War II. Helped re-popularize Swing in the 1990's.

"Mad Hot Ballroom"
New York school kids compete in Ballroom dancing. video promo

"Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom"
1975 film centered around Ballroom.

"Shag"
Featuring Carolina style Swing called Shag set in the '60's.

"Salsa"
VERY 1980's!
Bad acting but they could dance!

"Mad About Mambo"
 High school student uses dancing to improve footwork for sports.


"Burn The Floor"
$10,000,000 Ballroom Dance Extravaganza!

"The Tango Lesson"
1997 Drama/Romance story featuring Argentine Tango.

"Dance With Me"
1998 film Starring Vanessa Williams & Chayanne.
Ballroom & Salsa. Trailer

"Shall We Dance"
Japanese version
Very Good! Subtitled

"Shall We Dance"
2004 American version
Also good Ballroom movie... Trailer
R. Gere interview

"Take the Lead"
Hip Hop meets Ballroom. Based on a true story.
see trailer...

Just for fun... (DSL only)

Steve Martin & Gilda Radner from
" Saturday Night Live" in the 70's.
Dancing in the Dark

Website of Jud Laipply.
The Evolution of Dance

"I Love Lucy" on 12/14/1953.
Lucy Jitterbugs!

Jared Jewelry commercial featuring Ballroom dancers!
He Went to Jared!

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